The Nunavut Marine Council would like to inform Nunavummiut of the following general cargo vessels be transiting through Nunavut waters in October with no ports of call in the Canadian Arctic. Updates may be provided as they become available.
ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᑕᕆᐅᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓄᑦ, ᐅᐱᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐴᓇᑕᑦ ᔪᐊᑕᓐ, ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐃᓚᐅᓕᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᔫᓇᐃᑎᑦ ᑭᖕᑕᒻ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓄᑦ. ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖐᖑᔪᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᖓᑦ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓂᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᑦᑎᐊᕙᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᓴᐳᑎᓯᒪᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ 30%−ᖓ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑕᕆᐅᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓕᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐅᔪᓄᑦ−ᑐᕌᖓᔪᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓗᐊᖅᑕᐅᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖓᔪᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑎᑭᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ 2030.
ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑏᑦ ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ (SACC) ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᔪᓚᐃ 16, 2020. ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑏᑦ ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ (SACC) ᐊᔪᕈᓐᓃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑦᑎᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᒐᕐᓂᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᐊᑑᑎᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᔨᒌᒃᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖓ ᓯᓚᐅᑉ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓂᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᔾᔪᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑏᑦ ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ (SACC) ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᕘᓇ: https://www.strategicassessmentclimatechange.ca/15112/widgets/61020/documents/36886.
ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᕈᒡᑎᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓱᕋᐃᔭᐃᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ
ᒐᕙᒪᖏᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᓴᖅᑮᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥᒃ ᓄᑖᖑᕆᐊᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑭᐊᖅᑭᖕᕕᖓᓂᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖓ 2019-2022 ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᕈᒡᑎᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓱᕋᐃᔭᐃᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ (FSDS), ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖓ ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᕈᒡᑎᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓱᕋᐃᔭᐃᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ.
ᓄᑖᙳᕆᐊᕈᒡᑎᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓱᕋᐃᔭᐃᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᕘᓇ: http://fsds-sfdd.ca/index.html#/en/goals/
ArcticNet ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᖁᔨᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᑲᔾᔨᖓᓂᑦ−ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᓯᓂᖅ 2020 (#AC2020) ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐅᓛᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 7-10.
ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᑦ ᑕᕆᐅᓕᕆᔨᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ (NMC), ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ICC−ᑲᓇᑕᒥᑦ, ᐃᒃᓯᕚᐅᑕᐅᖃᑎᒌᓚᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᓂᑦ NPD63: “ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᒥᐅᑕᓂᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐆᒪᓂᖃᖅᕕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑐᙵᕕᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᒪᓂᕐᓂᒃ.” ᑐᓂᔪᒪᒍᖕᓂᑦ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᓪᓕᐅᑎᒋᔪᒪᔭᐃᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓂᓂᐊᐸᑎᑦ ᐅᓇᙳᓚᐅᖅᑳᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ ᓯᑎᐱᕆ 8, 2020, ᑕᑯᖅᑐᕐᓗᒍ: https://arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2020/call-abstracts
The ArcticNet Network of Centres of Excellence and its partners invite the circum-Arctic research community to the international Arctic Change 2020 (#AC2020) conference which will be hosted online from December 7-10.
The NMC, along with ICC-Canada, will be co-chairing Session NPD63: ‘A Transformational Approach to Inuit Marine Governance and Ecosystem Based Management’. To submit your abstract for either a presentation or an e-poster by September 8, 2020, visit:
The Government of Canada has released the first update to the online version of the 2019-2022 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy (FSDS), documenting progress towards the FSDS's targets.
The FSDS can be accessed at the following link: http://fsds-sfdd.ca/index.html#/en/goals/
The Strategic Assessment of Climate Change (SACC) was published on July 16, 2020. The SACC will enable consistent, predictable, efficient and transparent consideration of climate change throughout federal impact assessments The SACC is available at: https://www.strategicassessmentclimatechange.ca/15112/widgets/61020/documents/36886.
The Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, announced Canada has joined the United Kingdom and other countries in the Global Ocean Alliance. The Alliance's goal is to advocate with international partners for ambitious ocean action to protect at least 30 per cent of the world's oceans through the establishment of marine protected areas and other effective area-based marine conservation measures by 2030.
The Nunavut Marine Council has provided advice to the Government of Canada regarding a ban on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil as fuel by ships operating in Arctic waters. The letter to the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard is available under the Documents tab.